Resources & Opportunities

The Office of Diversity is here to help you find your way around the Otterbein community, and the central Ohio community. Here are some resources that may help you during your time at Otterbein.

Alliance for Black Student Leadership

The Alliance for Black Student Leadership brings students from from Otterbein, Capital, Ohio Wesleyan, Kenyon, Mount Vernon Nazarene, Ohio Dominican, Wittenberg and Denison universities together to develop, strengthen and foster student leadership among African American students.

Scholarships

Otterbein offers many general scholarships that you can view on the Financial Aid website. They also offer the following award to students of color.

Ammons-Thomas Awards - $500-5,000
These awards are offered to qualified students of color after acceptance to the university and an evaluation of a written essay. A limited number of Distinguished Ammons-Thomas Awards of up to one-half tuition are also available to outstanding students. Recipients must maintain satisfactory academic progress toward their degree to retain the award. Apply to Otterbein now!

Newsletter

The Diversity Newsletter is a weekly update about diversity news, projects, and upcoming events. To sign up to receive it, send an email to the Office of Diversity.

King Avenue United Methodist Church
With open hearts, open minds, and open doors we welcome and nurture a Christian community of faith inclusive of diversity in gender identity and sexual orientation.

Ohio State Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Student Services: GLBTQ groups and websites
Offers a comprehensive list of both local and national resources for youth, transgender, bisexual, intersex, and two-spirited persons; lesbians and gay men; Latinos, African-Americans, and Asian-Americans; people with disabilities and different religious communities.

Stonewall Columbus
Stonewall Columbus is a human rights organization serving Central Ohio through advocacy, community building and education. We do this in pursuit of equality, fairness and safety for the entire gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community.

Annotated links to LGBTQ studies resources
Provides a comprehensive list of relevant scholarly databases and professional organizations compiled by the National Consortium of Directors of LGBT Resources in Higher Education.

The Bisexual Resource Center
The Bisexual Resource Center is an international organization providing education about and support for bisexual and progressive issues.

CampusPride.net
A national online community and resource network committed to student leaders and campus organizations who work to create a safer campus environment free of homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, heterosexism and genderism at colleges and universities.

Gender.org
Gender Education and Advocacy (GEA) is a national organization focused on the needs, issues and concerns of gender variant people in society. We seek to educate and advocate, not only for ourselves and others like us, but for all human beings who suffer from gender-based oppression in all of its many forms.

Gender Identity Research and Education Society
The goal if this website is to educate the public about gender identity and transsexualism. It is also a resource for gender dysphoric people, their families and the medical and other professionals that provide their care.

Intersex Society of North America
Devoted to systemic change to end shame, secrecy, and unwanted genital surgeries for people born with an anatomy that someone decided is not standard for male or female.

Outproud
OutProud, The National Coalition for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Youth, serves the needs of these young men and women by providing advocacy, information, resources and support. Our goal is to help queer youth become happy, successful, confident and vital gay, lesbian and bisexual adults.

PFLAG: Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
PFLAG promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their families and friends. We provide support; strategies to cope with an adverse society; education, to enlighten an ill-informed public; and advocacy, to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights. Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays provides opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.

Kroger Book Loan

The Kroger Book Loan was created by alumni with the support of the Kroger Company. This short-term emergency loan (30 days) is for the purchase of books from the Otterbein Bookstore. A student may borrow up to $150, which is given in the form a voucher. Please contact Dr. Lisa Phillips at 614.823.1250 for an emergency loan (up to $150) to purchase books for classes.